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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1980
Steven T Spevak, Derwood, MD (US);
Potomac Applied Mechanics, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A portable article supporting container is provided that allows access to one portion thereof without requiring the entire container to be opened, and when the entire container is opened one portion supports the other for ease of use. First and second container portions are pivotally mounted together for movement from a first position wherein the container is closed, to a second position wherein it is opened. One latch effects latching of the container portions in the closed position while another latch effects latching in the open position. A pair of article supporting plates are provided which are operatively pivotally connected to the container first portion so that the plates may be moved from a first position contained within the volume of the first container portion to a second position wherein they extend outwardly from that volume substantially perpendicular to a plane containing the container first portion. The article supporting plates comprise an exterior wall of the container first portion, and they may be mounted for rotation with respect to the container first portion and for pivotal movement with respect to a center structure mounted by the container first portion. The of the container second portion is designed with respect to the first portion so that when the container is open with the container second portion resting on a horizontal surface, the first portion will be supported by the second portion without tipping over.